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02 2021
Researchers have identified what causes lithium metal batteries (LMBs) to “self-destruct”. This offers great hope of radically enhancing the energy held in batteries without any increase in their size, and at reduced cost—overcoming one of the biggest challenges that lithium-ion batteries face. The findings, led by scientists at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Lithium metal batteries could double the amount of energy held by lithium-ion batteries, if only their anodes didn't break down into small pieces when they were used.
Now, researchers led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bio...
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01 2021
Recently, a research team led by Prof. LIANG Hanpu from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), put forward a feasible way to synthesize environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and efficient Fe/Pt single-atom bifunctional electrocatalysts (Fe1Pt1/NC). The related progresses were published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Environmentally friendly energy-conversion technologies, such as fuel cells and water-splitting systems, have attracted considerable attention. However, application of these electrochemical devices is hindered due to the high energy barrier of oxy...
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01 2021
Metagenomics — the study of genetic material from an environmental sample — is growing as species evolve or are discovered across the globe. To correlate the newly developed microbiomes with existing data sets, a team of researchers based in China has developed the Microbiome Search Engine 2 (MSE 2). It was published on Jan. 19 in mSystems, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Metagenomics - the study of genetic material from an environmental sample - is growing as species evolve or are discovered across the globe. To correlate the newly developed microbiomes with existing data sets, a team of researchers based in China...
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01 2021
A new algorithm may reduce the need for expensive, time-consuming whole-genome sequencing computations to understand how a microbiome functions. A team led by JING Gongchao of the Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and SU Xiaoquan of Qingdao University, published their approach, called Meta-Apo, on Jan. 6 in BMC Genomics. A new algorithm may reduce the need for expensive, time-consuming whole-genome sequencing computations to understand how a microbiome functions. A team led by JING Gongchao of the Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), ...
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01 2021
Cancer cells are smart when it comes to anti-cancer drugs, evolving and becoming resistant to even the strongest chemotherapies over time. To combat this evasive behavior, researchers have developed a method to see, at the atomic level, how pharmaceuticals induce cancer cell death and how cancer cells adapt. The research, conducted at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was published on Jan. 12 in Analytical Chemistry, a journal of the American Chemical Society. Cancer cells are smart when it comes to anti-cancer drugs, evolving and becoming resistant to even the strongest chemotherapies over time. To combat this evasive behavior, researchers have developed a method named D2O-probed CANcer Susceptibility ...
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12 2020
The Metabolomics Group led by Prof. CUI Qiu from QIBEBT collaborated with the researchers from Tianjin University of Science & Technology constructed a new drug loading system with an encapsulation structure for the controllable drug release, based on their previous works Intelligent hydrogels with multifunction such as sustained drug release abilities with low burst release, antibacterial properties, and biocompatibility are highly desirable in biomaterials fields, particularly for the cellulose-based drug carrier...
